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Re: Why don't you move abroad?

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Post by lsferreira42 »

'm Brazilian, and here, many people, especially in the tech field, dream of moving to other countries. The main focus is usually Europe, due to our closer ties with Portugal, or the USA. Being Black and hearing stories about situations involving racism (because I'm Black, and that's a very important factor to consider when thinking about moving) and xenophobia has only made me never want to leave here. I live far from central areas, working remotely, and I can't understand what another country could offer me that I don't already have here.

That said, nowadays, I always advise young people to stay here so we can develop our tech industry and not go abroad to be mistreated and make foreign companies richer!

Re: Why don't you move abroad?

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Post by ShashwatGupta23 »

63stack wrote: post #106
vegabook wrote: post #13

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You were anything but “randomly born in your country”. You are most likely the latest branch in a sedentary tree rooted both geographically and culturally for centuries, and without that tree you certainly wouldn’t exist. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t travel, perhaps plant a new tree, but the idea that you were born randomly is obviously false.

You could have said "two people decided to have sex, you were not born randomly", and it would have had the same relevancy. The fact is that you had 0 input on where you will be born, so from your perspective, it was random. Everything else is just trying to play up a belief, religion, or some kind of woo as a ground truth.

Absurd.

Any decision I did not take; is random to me amd I am really mot responsible for it.

Re: Why don't you move abroad?

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Post by amiga386 »

hshshshshsh wrote: post #198
amiga386 wrote: post #187

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Your genetic code shapes who you are and how you appear to others when you're alive. If you're alluding to the existence of some transcendental self, can you at least accept it is inseparable from your corporeal self?

I think the corporeal self is an illusion.

Perhaps you are right, Neo. Perhaps we are in the Matrix. But you lack evidence for your position. How could you tell if you're a transcendental spirit, and not a brain in a jar suffering from last Thursdayism?

I have plenty of evidence that we're bags of chemicals wandering around a rock in space, and our consciousness is the results of electical signals passing through our synapses. If you wish to reduce the majesty of nature to "unknowable", you reduce your own position to unknowable too. If you're fine with that, I'm fine too, but I still like my position better than yours.

Re: Why don't you move abroad?

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Post by hshshshshsh »

amiga386 wrote: post #203
hshshshshsh wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the corporeal self is an illusion.

Perhaps you are right, Neo. Perhaps we are in the Matrix. But you lack evidence for your position. How could you tell if you're a transcendental spirit, and not a brain in a jar suffering from last Thursdayism? I have plenty of evidence that we're bags of chemicals wandering around a rock in space, and our consciousness is the results of electical signals passing through our synapses. If you wish to reduce the majest…

The only thing you know is you are aware. Rest everything mere appearances in the awareness. And that includes all the what ifs, the idea that you have evidence and you are sure.

Re: Why don't you move abroad?

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Post by munksbeer »

incomingpain wrote: post #200
munksbeer wrote: post #193

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> Australia's gun laws eliminate the consideration of ever moving there. Interesting to see how people filter. From my perspective, that would be a plus point of moving there. I love that you cannot own a gun in the UK.

Ive been to Australia twice. LOVED IT there are so many good reasons to go and I'm not at all scared of their poisonous critters. >Interesting to see how people filter. From my perspective, that would be a plus point of moving there. I love that you cannot own a gun in the UK. As a Canadian, I legitimately didnt understand the value or brilliance of the 2nd amendment until the last few years. If you live in a country…

> Lets be realistic, the UK isnt a free country

There is no such thing as a free country. Ever since the first few homo sapiens pooled their resources and formed a tribe, they had to compromise their freedoms and agree common rules.

I agree that there are a lot of undesirable things about the UK, but I we don't have much worry about being shot. I like it that way.

> and there's literally only 1 reason why. The lack of civilian ownership of firearms.

I don't agree with that conclusion.

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